we wake in the desert
alone together
we have nothing to do
alone together
let’s do something (i say)
that looks like nothing
and then it is evening
the sun dropping to horizon
we have found an old couch
to sit alone together
you swing legs and feet into my lap
and i dust off your soles
we sit in the desert
alone together
the light of day filtering
into darkness
the air softly cooling
just us palm to sole
we do not speak but breath
alone together
a full moon blankets the desert
silently arcing the night
we will sleep in the desert
alone together
—P.L. Thomas
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